create-ipy

#call this script from client: ssh "create-ipy"
SECURITY_DIR=/home/sparq/.ipython/profile_default/security/
TMP_DIR=/tmp/

#first find out if we have ipython running
prev_ipython=`pgrep ipython | head -1`
echo "previous python $prev_ipython"
#if preg returns number
if [ $prev_ipython ]
then
	echo "already $prev_ipython previous ipython"
	PID=$prev_ipython
else #else create it
	ipython kernel >> /home/sparq/.ipython_log &
	disown
	PID=$!
	echo "launching new kernel at PID $PID"
	sleep 2
	echo "done sleeping"
fi

kernel_json="$SECURITY_DIR"
kernel_json+="kernel-$PID"
kernel_json+=".json"

#if file exists 
if [ $kernel_json ]
then
	echo "copying $kernel_json to /tmp/"
	#copy it to latest-kernel.json
	cp "$kernel_json" /tmp/kernel-latest.json
	echo "copied"
else
	echo "file was not there"
fi
echo "exiting"
exit
#at this point you would scp the kernel file over from /tmp/latest-kernel.json -> client
#then run ipython qtconsole --existing latest-kernel.json --ssh $SSH_SERVER